Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Astragalus vexilliflexus E.Sheld. |
Bibliography | Minnesota Bot. Stud. 1: 21 (1894) |
Native Range | w. & c. Canada to nw. & nc. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Description | grey setose, leaves 15-40mm, leaflets 7-13 pairs, elliptic, acute, 5-12mm, raceme lax, 5-10-flowered, flowers 5-8mm long, pod membranous, setose, oblong, 7-11mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | purple, whitish yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Astragalus amphiodoxus Blank. Astragalus pauciflorus Hook. Homalobus amphiodoxus (Blank.) Rydb. Homalobus vexilliflexus (E.Sheld.) Rydb. Tragacantha pauciflora (Hook.) Kuntze |
Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia, SAS Saskatchewan) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (NDA North Dakota, SDA South Dakota) |